Kleberg County oral history project

Contributed photo Erique Santana works on a road in the 100 block of Avenue D in Kingsville in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Maggie Salinas (right) is seen with her mother, Damiana Blanco, after graduating from H.M. King High School in Kingsville in 1953.

Contributed photo Cowboy Lolo Trevino is seen is this undated photo.

Contributed photo Kingsville cowboys are seen in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Members of the Kingsville Jaycees, the junior Chamber of Commerce, are seen in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Jesse Jackson attends a meeting of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Committee in Kingsville in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Members of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Committee meet in Kingsville in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Sister Elizabeth dances at St. Gertrude’s Parish in Kingsville in this undated photo.

Contributed photo Members of Kingsville Klassy Klowns are seen in this undated photo.

Contributed photo A car drives through Kingsville during a parade in the 1950s.

Contributed photo Judge Pete de la Garza (from left), Aurelio Valle, Frank Ureno, Trine Valle, Dan Garza and Maggie Salinas are seen in 2005. The Valles, who own Nuevo León Restaurant, received a lifetime achievement award from the Kleberg Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Contributed photo King’s Inn Theater circa 1912.

Contributed photo Tony Torres and Alonzo Charles are seen at Kingsville Market Days in 2004.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Maggie Salinas (right), chairwoman of the city’s historical development board, had the idea to capture Kleberg County resident’s oral histories for the county’s centennial, and is working with Texas A&M University-Kingsville history faculty member Shannon Baker (left) to add the interview to the South Texas Archives.

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Nadia Tamez-Robledo/Caller-Times Shannon Baker (left), Texas A&M University-Kingsville history professor, listens as Julia Strubhart, of Rivera, talks about her family at the university’s television studio in Kingsville. The interview is one of about 10 oral histories that will be donated to the South Texas Archives in honor of Kleberg County’s centennial this year.

Nadia Tamez-Robledo/Caller-Times Shannon Baker, Texas A&M University-Kingsville history professor (left), listens as Julia Strubhart, of Rivera, talks about her family at the university’s television studio in Kingsville. The interview is one of about 10 oral histories that will be donated to the South Texas Archives in honor of Kleberg County’s centennial this year.